Barbecue-Flavored Tahini Sauce

If your taste buds are bored of syrupy-sweet ketchup, barbecue sauce, or honey mustard, this BBQ Tahini Sauce might be your savior, particularly if you’re a fan of flavored hummus. This blend of smoky, sweet, nutty, and umami lends a complex flavor to sandwiches, grilled or baked meats, or roasted veggies. Spice up a turkey BLT, drizzle on top of salmon grilled on a cedar plank — just replace the maple sauce with the BBQ tahini in this recipe for Cedar Plank Salmon with Maple Glaze, or toss with quartered, crispy red-skinned potatoes still hot from the oven.

Or use this versatile condiment in another way. Stir it into egg yolks instead of mayonnaise, mustard, and paprika for a kicked-up version of deviled eggs. Use the BBQ tahini sauce as a dip for crudité. Or, if you really want to go for it, use it in your mix for tuna, salmon, or chicken salad.

Not only is this BBQ tahini sauce versatile, it’s also nutritious. It’s rich in calcium, iron, potassium, B vitamins, vitamin E, and magnesium. When shopping, look for tahini paste made from whole sesame seeds, as the hulled version strips much of the nutritional value from the seeds. Though, if necessary, they’ll do in a pinch.

Tahini, a paste made from ground sesame seeds, originated in ancient Persia, where it bore the title of “holy food.” Sesame products eventually spread in popularity from aristocracy to all classes in India, Africa, Asia, and the Middle Eat. Ancient Greeks and Indians used sesame as food and for medicinal purposes; in Asia, legend recalls sesame seeds as a symbol of immortality.

Although none of us will live forever, prolonging our health for as long as possible is a shared goal. And if you can do it by eating more sesame by way of this delicately balanced sauce, why not dig in?

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